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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Lyle R. Hanson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Lyle R. Hanson, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A mold rotator with a first section and a second section that are engaged approximately perpendicularly to each other to produce a base and an L-shaped platform for receiving the article. The base of the article rotator may have a curved section at the intersection of the first section and the second section and the article rotator may rotate on its curved section between a first position wherein the article rotator is supported on its first section and a second position wherein the article rotator is supported on its second section. Further, the article rotator allows an article to be safely rotated simply by lowering the article onto the article rotator so that the article rotator automatically rotates approximately 90° from a first position and a second, rotated position. The article rotator may include a stabilizing system wherein the article rotator can be stabilized at both a first position and second position which is approximately 90 degrees from the first position. The stabilizing system may include one or more conduits for transferring a material between the first and second sections of the article rotator so that material will stabilize the article rotator at the section in which the material is positioned to prevent the article rotator from inadvertently rotating. The material of the stabilizing system may be transferred by gravity and the material of the stabilizing system may be a fluid.